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South China

South China proper noun: southern China.

Proper noun

South China

  1. Southern China.
    • DAIREN, South Manchuria, Oct. 12. -- South China with its Communists, the Yangtse Valley with rampant anti-foreignism and incessant civil warfare and Peking with Marshal Chang Tso-lin attempting to consolidate his dictatorship and found a stable central Government -- these seem to be the major...1927 November 13, Hallett Abend, “GRIM STRUGGLE ON TO RULE MANCHURIA; China, Russia and Japan Bid for Supremacy of Vast Domain, Realizing It May End in War. DAIREN A SPOTLESS CITY Built by Japan, It...
    • Confronted with the challenge of economic restructuring in the context of the noninterventionist policy of the Hong Kong government, local manufacturers had amore limited ability to pursue technological upgrading than their counterparts in Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore had. Their survival...1998, Ching Kwan Lee, Gender and the South China Miracle, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 45–46
  2. A village in the town of China, Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
    • Helga Cotta, 57, from South China, Maine, said: “Hunting season is like my vacation. It’s so solitary, you can leave all your problems at home and just go out and watch the woods come alive around you in the morning.”2007 January 20, Sarah Mahoney, “In U.S., women go wild for hunting”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022, U.S. News
  3. South China Athletic Association (a Hong Kong sports club best known for its football team)
    • South China is Hong Kong's most successful football club, having won 41 league titles.

South China meaning in Arabic

South China in Arabic

region in Asia
جَنُوب الصِّين janūb aṣ-ṣīn
a sports club from Hong Kong best known for its football team
جَنُوب الصِّين janūb aṣ-ṣīn, سَاوْث تَشَايْنَا sāwṯ tašāynā

Examples of South China in a sentence

  • Their survival strategy was to take advantage of the new availability of the massive supply of cheap labor and cheap industrial land in South China.1998, Ching Kwan Lee, Gender and the South China Miracle, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 45–46:
  • The seasonal change of the winds, in the Asian monsoon system, drove long distance mobility on the south China coast.2001, Carolyn Cartier, Globalizing South China, Blackwell Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89:

Origin of South China

Calque of Chinese 南華 /南华 (Nánhuá).

Questions about South China

What does South China mean?
South China means southern China.
What is South China in Arabic?
South China in Arabic is جَنُوب الصِّين (janūb aṣ-ṣīn), سَاوْث تَشَايْنَا (sāwṯ tašāynā). See South China meaning in Arabic.
How do you use South China in a sentence?
Their survival strategy was to take advantage of the new availability of the massive supply of cheap labor and cheap industrial land in South China.
What part of speech is South China?
South China is a proper noun.

Words near South China in the dictionary

  1. South Central Aurora Hill
  2. South Centro
  3. South Chatham
  4. South Chelmsford
  5. South Chicago
  6. South China
  7. South China Sea
  8. South Chungcheong
  9. South Church
  10. South Cockerington
  11. South Coogee

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